Founded in 1999 by singer/songwriter Brad Palmer on lead guitar, harp and vocals, singing drummer Paul Holmberg and rhythm guitarist Mark “Numbers” Buhmann, the lads take their travelling blues from SE Qld beach to festival to outback Victoria. Young gun bassist Kane Denford joined the line up in early 2010. Bluesville Station takes the road rolling sounds of Creedence, mixes it with Neil Young and Johnny Winter’s blues, throw in strong rock influences like Eric Clapton, Canned Heat, emerging with their own original sound. Festivals include Gympie Muster, Blues On Broadbeach, Burleigh Solstice, 1770 Fest, and Aust Blues Fest Goulburn. Blues radio plays them around Aust, Europe & USA, song ‘Keep On Rollin' was used in a Utah media campaign for train travel and standout offering Spanglish ‘No Tengo Dinero’, comes a long way from the band’s roots in original dashtapping boogie music about rolling down the highway.

If you like to rock it up, step out and boogie or just sit back and relax to enjoy some travellin' blues, jump off right here. The lads down at the Station are fired up and ready to roll with a swag of music and entertainment to make you feel good and ease your worried mind. 
www.bluesvillestation.com.au
 

Moondog Gypsy Blues is a two piece original blues band, developing their sound from the masters of old & new, such as Lightning Hopkins, Tom Waits, and Bo Diddley. Frontman Moondog uses a variety of guitars including slide and resonators, along with harp to complement his authentic, growling vocal. The rhythm is provided by Kate Le Jam playing stand-up drum kit, cajone & percussion. So what makes MGB rise above being just another blues band? Simply put, MoondogGypsyBlues has a stage presence thatʼs raw, unedited MOJO. Their signature is simple yet strong drum rhythms supporting Moondogʼs gutsy guitar and vocals.
It’s blues with fangs, black hats ,old suede shoes, and a kick of cabaret for eye-candy. Original, traditional and modern blues synthesized into a sound that gets you dancing and howling at the moon. “blues is life .... such is blues”.

Like masters of old, the crew will take their show on the road – out west, up north, down south & over the sea – see you soon!

Recent festivals pedigree: Palm Ck Folk , Palmer St Jazz ,  Fortitude Valley Blues, Darwin Blues, Cairns Blues Festivals.
Also featuring bass guitarist on select shows and festivals.

http://www.myspace.com/moondogsgypsybluesband
 

Mark Easton is a high octane one man blues machine who burns it up on slide guitar.
He uses a loop system to layer his music, which combined with wicked harmonica
and drumming with his feet provides a full, infectious sound to grab the crowd’s attention.
His focus is on original material with left-of-centre covers dispersed throughout each set.

www.markeaston.com.au  for more info, songs and vid clips

In the last year Mark’s latest cd “Money is the Root of All Evil” reached
Number 4 on the blues charts in the USA
Number 1 on the Blues Beat charts in Australia.
He has played: Thredbo Blues, Blues on Broadbeach, Gympie Muster, Greenfest, Narooma Blues,
Sydney Blues, Grass Roots, Cairns Blues, and Mission Evolve Festivals
Nominated in 2 categories at the Australian Blues Music Awards: Best New Talent / Best Album "Bandwagon"
Nominated in 3 categories at the Blue Star Awards: Best Australasian Blues Band / Best Electric Guitarist / Best Album "Bandwagon".

2011 is looking very interesting indeed, after a patch of writers block and lack of inspiration, Mark is experimenting with more intense looping and electronic percussion, and bass playing, and instead of writing a bunch of uninspired songs, he is playing some stuff he loves listening to, but put his own stamp on it, hip hop blues crossover tunes by RL Burnside, Bazoo Bajou, Little Axe, Moby, Everlast, Tangle Eye and old school funk by Rick James, Grandmaster Flash, Run Dmc, Pm Dawn, The Cure, Donna Summer, George Michael and Abba! Sounds way out there, but with Mark’s blues mark on it, blows your mind sideways. 

 

Matt Southon will be touring up to Cairns, Darwin and into WA on his “Sweatin and Hollerin the Blues Tour” April-Oct 2011. Matt will quite cheekily chat the crowd into hopping up for a dance – he’s a one man band with travelling guitars and stomp box, a bit of harp & a huge pair of lungs. Now them's the story of the blues!
Matt Southon is an emerging acoustic blues player from the far south coast of NSW. Having settled in the small country town of Wyndham, Matt has been concentrating on his ‘Australian Verandah Blues’. An unique blend of music - inspired by the passion and fire of old style bluesman like Son House, Charlie Patton & Leadbelly.

With a resonator crafted from old corrugated iron, and a powerful singing style, Matt can’t hide the fact that his passion for the old blues has combined with a love of stuff like the Ramones or the Dead Kennedys. Influenced also by modern legends like Hat Fitz, Jeff Lang, Lloyd Spiegel and Geoff Achison; a Matt Southon performance has been described as frightening in its intensity, but still raucous, fun and entertaining. Recent festivals like Great Southern Blues Festival (2007/10) and Goulburn Blues Festival (2010/11) have invited him back as a seriously entertaining force, engaging on an intimate level with the crowd.

"With a guttural, barbed-wire wail and a guitar style crafted from dirt and the sticky mess of a hundred bar room floors, south-east coaster, Matt Southon strangles life into the blues – the death-rattle serving as percussion for his raucous take on a music which sometimes needs to be reminded of its true roots – this is that reminder."   SAM FELL: (Rhythms/Inpress/Drum Media/Mess+Noise/Australian Guitar/Tsunami).

www.reverbnation.com/mattsouthon              www.myspace.com/mattsouthon
 

Electric blues rock band THE HIPSHOOTERS - stinging guitar solos with solid rock, smooth funk & groove all mixed in. Upbeat original songs mix it with popular standards from Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and high charged R n B flavours. Get up and dance - the blues is all about feeling good.

A jolt of Texas blues & solid rock from New Zealanders Anton Tipi Elkington firing up a lead guitar avalanche & vocals, bassman Billy Williams evokes a city sized generator & drummer Grunta Redfed powerfully thrashes it into sync. Experience Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jimi Hendrix and original high charged R n B.
The Hipshooters are a powerful band capable of attracting a good cross section of music lovers and Blues as a genre is gaining momentum again – we’re on a rising wave.
www.myspace.com/thehipshooters